O CATALOGUE OF MAMMALS FROM NliVV GUINEA. 



looks like a specimen of this species iiiteriiietliate helween the asliy 

 ami spotted variety, lu'iiig ashy with thiiker obscure spots. 



Cltnjsorrltoa would ])i'rlia|)S \w the better uuiiie for this species, 

 because all 1 have seeu have a yellow rump and Ijase of the tail ; but 

 some are not spotted. 



2. CUSCUS ORIENTALIS. 



$ S Plt(il(tn(/istu cdri/'rons, Temm. Mouog. i. 1". 



$ (S ('uncus orientitlis, Grav, List Mamm. B.M. S-1 ; Proe. Zool. 

 Soc. IH.OS, t. (il. 



$ c? Phti/a)ii/i.sf(i (Ct(sciis) orli'nfa/is, W'atn-h. Mamm. i. 2"!'. 



J Coescoe^y \ aleiit\ii, Omst. iu Amboyua, iii. '272. 



PhalitiKjer, Penu. (iuadr. ii. 27 ■ 



S Didelphis oricntalis, Pallas, Misc. Zool. 59 ; Schrcb. Siiugth. 

 iii. .350. t. 152. 



c? Ciiscus Amhoinensis, Lacep. 



d Phalunyista alba, Geoff. Cat. Mus. 



S Cuscus albus, Lessou & Garnot, Voy. Coq. Zool. i. 158. t. (i. 



S Balantia orie/ifalls, Illiger, Prodr. 78. 



5 Phulunyistu rufu, Geoff. Cat. Mus. ; Desni. N. D. H. N. xxv. 

 -173. 



2 Phalawjer, female, Buffou, H. N. xiii. t. 10. 



Cuscus Quoi/ii, Lessou, Mamm. 226. 



Phaluufjistu Quoi/i, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Uranie, Zool. 58. t. 6 ? ?; 

 Temm. Mon. ALimm. i. 17. 



Phalauf/ista Pa^meusis, Desm. Mamm. Supp. ii. 541 ; Bull. Sci. 

 Nat. iii. 64. 



Phalaufjista (Cuscus) maculata, part., \Vaterhouse,Mamm. i. 275. 

 ? Cuscus alius, Lessou, Voy. Coq. t. G, c? ? 



Ears ])roduccd beyond the fur, naked internally ; forehead con- 

 cave, ^lale white. Female pale reddish-brown, with a darker 

 longitudinal streak ; skull with a narrow coucave forehead ; grinders 

 moderate. 



Hub. New Guinea ; Aru Island ( Wallace). 



a. Adult male, from New Ireland, procured from M. Verreaux of 

 Paris ; said to have come from one of the expeditions. Pure white ; 

 throat yellow ; feet nearly bald. 



b. A nearly adult male, from the old collection, said to have come 

 from Amboyua. White. 



c. Young male ? Uniform pale brownish-yellow ; throat, chest 

 and belly whiter. From island of Waygeroo ; procured from M. Ver- 

 reaux of Paris. 



d. Adult female : ashy-brown, glistened with silvery ; throat, 

 chest and belly pure white ; back with a narrow uniform longitudinal 

 streak. This is sent as Cuscus Quoi/ii, Lesson, ISIam. 220 ; P/i. 

 Pajjuensis of Desmarest, Supj). The figure of M. Gaimard's animal 

 in the ' Voyage of the Uranie,' t. G, is more like a variety of C. u7-si- 

 nus ; but the description agrees with our animal. 



e. Young fiiiude, froju the island (jf Waygeroo; procured from 

 M. Verreaux. 



